1.   Both starters got through six innings, allowed just five hits and struck out seven.

2.   After a while the starter got pretty nasty and I discarded it.

3.   After the starter got hurt in the second game of the season, Faulk promptly became the first freshman ever to lead the nation in rushing.

4.   Dorsey got on the field two years ago when starter Kenny Kelly got hurt.

5.   Every starter got a hit except Jeff Frye.

6.   Every starter except Saberhagen got at least one hit, with Bobby Bonilla getting three and driving in two runs and Hundley getting four RBIs on two hits.

7.   Every St. Louis starter got a hit, including pitcher Andy Benes, who held the surging Mets to two runs on six hits and three walks.

8.   Greatwood said in retrospect that he would have substituted more along the line, because the starters got tired.

9.   I keep track of how many times a starter gets in trouble.

10.   In six of the previous nine games, Cardinals starters did not get out of the fifth inning.